Mauro Picotto - Tell Me Something (Introvox) [Meganite EP] [Alchemy : ALC005] (2004) Coefficient - D-Meson [Purple Spirit EP] [KRLF : KRLF003] (2017) Chris Liebing - String Theory (Mauro Picotto & Ricardo Ferri Remix) [CLR : 4250121400203] (2003) Mauro Picotto - Greens (Riccardo Ferri Mix) [Meganite EP] [Alchemy : ALC005] (2004)

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The elitist DJs and faux intellectual tunespotters of Techno were furious when Italian Techno first elicited substantial recognition outside of the Roman peninsula. With protectionist fervour, they disavowed the sound immediately, denouncing with abhorrence as “Trance” by another name. By refusing to see past the commercial success of Picotto’s tracks like Komodo or Iguana, they failed to see that the vein of commercial awareness coupled with a dark uncompromising production style employed by the BXR entourage was bringing Techno to new ears. Picotto was introducing the genre to the next generation. Indeed, no other sound would be more influential on me as a DJ or producer. When sat in front of a DAW, striving to emulate and create new in equal measure, the target was clear; this is what “good” sounds like.